Welcome to the Plumbs website where you can view all our products of made to measure loose covers, curtains and re-upholstery services. We also have a wealth of information from articles to videos about anything and everything home related. http://www.plumbs.co.uk//customer-club/rssFeed If you own loose covers your concern will be to preserve their quality and good looks. As time goes by daily life can cause stains, damage and wear. It’s important to know how to remove, clean and refit. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/loose-covers/how-to-care-for-your-loose-covers.php We're often asked by our customers, what is the best type of fabric to choose when buying furniture covers? The cheapest fabrics generally used to make furniture covers are nylon stretch fabrics. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/fabrics/what-fabric-when-buying-loose-covers.php With the weather getting colder and the nights getting darker, curtains naturally become a more notable part of your home decor. So maybe it's because we're looking at our curtains more we feel the need give them drab drapes a new lease of life. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/curtains/what-you-should-consider-before-buying-curtains.php If things are starting to look worn and weary, the cushions are saggy and the fabric is wearing a bit thin... You are faced with a choice. Throw it away and buy new? http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/re-upholstery/are-you-considering-re-upholstery-or-loose-covers.htm Most allergy sufferers dread spring as it is the time of year when allergies begin their torment, however many don't realise that allergies in srping can be triggered by the poor quality of the air in their homes instead of the usual demon, pollen. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/household-tips-and-advice/sping-cleaning-can-help-prevent-allergies.php Vibrant colours often extend from nature and objects surrounding us from lush grassy green fields with radiant flowers to pillar box red post boxes and jet black skies with glaring white stars. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/home-decor-ideas/colour-can-effect-your-mood.php Some of us are more fanatical than others, but we all follow the trends because we are living in this moment, and our choice in the high street is greater if we accept the constant evolution. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/guest-designers/autumn-winter-2008-home-design-trends.php As homes become less cluttered and furniture shapes are streamlined, people are becoming more experimental with design and expressing themselves through colour. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/guest-designers/home-decor-ideas-tips-for-2008-2009.php How do you decide what to do with your old Sofa? Do you give it a new breath of life by Re-covering, Reupholster or Replace it with a new sofa? http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/loose-covers/what-to-do-with-your-old-sofa.php The environmentally friendly and affordable way to change to the look of your living room with made to measure sofa and chair covers. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/environment/environmentally-friendly-affordable-home-improvements.php In this changing economic climate, it is important to choose prudently, ensuring the longevity of our new home interior purchases. I have highlighted below some relevant trend movements that will help provoke awareness. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/guest-designers/home-decor-trend-evolutions.php If you looking to buy a Great British "quality-made" sofa, suite or chair, you can't go far wrong than looking to buy second-hand. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/re-upholstery/re-upholstering-second-hand-quality-furniture.php Try new colour combos – use rich, bold, vibrant hues that are dazzling enough on their own but become electrifying when used together.. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/guest-designers/nono-on-2009-furnising-tips-and-trends.php Has the fabric on your furniture begun to fade or become threadbare so that you can see the foam? http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/re-upholstery/5-good-reasons-to-re-upholster-your-furniture.php Just think, the weeks and months of stress and frustration are finally over!
So why is it that many people move into their new home and feel disappointed? http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/guest-designers/got-the-new-house-blues.php Having antique furniture re-upholstered is a different skill to re-upholstering modern furniture, and it is essential that it is carried out professionally. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/re-upholstery/antique-furniture-re-upholstery.htm Looking to secure a quick sale at a good price? Then be proactive, don’t leave everything to your estate agent. You wouldn’t sell a car without giving it a good wash or valet first would you, so why put your property on the market without ensuring its presentation is 100%? http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/guest-designers/planning-to-sell-your-property.php Founded by Tom and Bernice Plumb, the company originated in Blackburn in the 1950s, where it began life as a market stall selling decorative cushions and ‘settee sets’. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/plumbs/50-years-of-heritage-with-plumbs.php Latest government figures say we in the UK send more than half our waste to landfill. That is a huge 62 million tonnes a year in England alone. Now the aim is to reduce landfill by at least 50% over the next 10 years. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/plumbs/reupholstery-or-recovering-furniture-is-recycling.php Plumbs offers a nationwide reupholstery service via an extensive network of over a hundred master Reupholsterers throughout the country. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/plumbs/the-art-of-reupholstery.php With staying in fast becoming the new going out, the economic crisis has proven a surprising inspiration for the new 2010 interior collections. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/guest-designers/new-2010-interior-collections.php Most upholsterers will tell you, they learned their skills from another upholsterer, in fact these skills have been passed on for generations from master to apprentice since the Middle Ages. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/customer-club/articles/re-upholstery/a-brief-history-of-upholstery.php